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English adjective: cut off | |||
| 1. | cut off detached by cutting | ||
| Samples | Cut flowers. A severed head. An old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm. | ||
| Synonyms | severed | ||
| Similar | cut | ||
| Antonyms | uncut | ||
English verb: cut off | |||
| 1. | cut off (communication) make a break in | ||
| Samples | We interrupt the program for the following messages. | ||
| Synonyms | break up, disrupt, interrupt | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, break off, discontinue, stop | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barge in, block, break, break, break in, burst in on, burst upon, butt in, chime in, chisel in, come in, cut, cut in, cut off, heckle, inject, interject, intermit, interpose, jam, pause, punctuate, put aside, put away, put in, put in, stop, stop over, take off, take time off, throw in | ||
| 2. | cut off (change) cease, stop | ||
| Samples | Cut the noise. We had to cut short the conversation. | ||
| Synonyms | cut | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt | ||
| 3. | cut off (contact) remove by or as if by cutting | ||
| Samples | Cut off the ear. Lop off the dead branch. | ||
| Synonyms | chop off, lop off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come away, come off, detach | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abscise, roach | ||
| 4. | cut off (contact) cut off and stop | ||
| Samples | The bicyclist was cut out by the van. | ||
| Synonyms | cut out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intercept, stop | ||
| 5. | cut off (contact) break a small piece off from | ||
| Samples | Chip the glass. Chip a tooth. | ||
| Synonyms | break off, chip, knap | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
| 6. | cut off (contact) remove surgically | ||
| Samples | Amputate limbs. | ||
| Examples | Did he cut off his foot? | ||
| Synonyms | amputate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | slough off | ||
| Entail | cut | ||
| Domain category | medicine, practice of medicine | ||
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